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Hey, I’m Julie.

For most of my life, I let words like hopeless, frustrated, and uninspired define me and hold me back from being who God made me to be. But now, thanks to personal and spiritual growth, I’m on the path of God’s purpose and plan for me. And now I’m passionate about empowering other women to rise above their mess and step into the abundant future God has for them.

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I’m not a good patient😋 I ask many, many ques

I’m not a good patient😋 I ask many, many questions.

I’ve been chased out of a doctor’s office because I asked questions.

I’ve been belittled in front of my kids and my kids were told, “your mom needs to stop reading everything on social media!”

That same doctor came to my car in the parking lot and asked me to roll down the windows so he could “teach my kids some science!”

It’s all because I wanted to know the risk vs benefit.

I do my research.
I ask questions.
I read.
I educate myself.
I pray for guidance and wisdom before I step foot into a doctor’s office.

Maybe I intimidated this particular doctor....he sure didn’t let me leave without insulting me to the hilt.

Here’s the truth:

He doesn’t care about my children’s health. He’s not there when I’m dealing with adverse affects and being kept awake.
His life isn’t affected by my kid’s health.

Here’s what I’ve learned. That mother’s intuition : you need to abide by it.

If you feel a certain way, harvest that feeling, walk away, go home, and pray more about that issue.

Once you feel calm and collected, you can return to that office and follow through (or decide to not return)

Learn all you can.

Maybe you haven’t had all the years of training but they lack one thing you have....

Momma intuition.

You can’t buy that or take a class on it.

You have it.

Pray for more of it.

And then in faith, grasp hold of it!

It’s powerful!

#wisconsinmom #christianmomlife #seekingwisdom #parentingadvice #beinganadvocateforourfamily #wisdomispower #healthandwellness
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Anyone else have a hard time slowing down? Asking

Anyone else have a hard time slowing down?

Asking for a friend😏

Taking down time is important for our health as is getting outside and in the sunshine too!

Tell me one way you slow down!

#downtime #summerisforslowingdown

Got a new t-shirt....

Because the truth is👉 “If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.”
~Ronald Reagan

#onenationundergod #weallneedjesus

One of my favorite stories in the Bible is the wom

One of my favorite stories in the Bible is the woman at the well.

Go read it:
John 4

Her background: she had been married 5 times and the man she was currently living with wasn’t her husband.

She was drawing water during the hottest part of the day, alone. That is until she met Jesus.

This woman is so like me.

She was trying to fill the longing in her heart with stuff.

Her stuff of choice was men.

It hadn’t been successful. Indeed, it’s never successful.

So what are you filling your heart-hole with?

For years I’ve been trying to become worthy.

Maybe if I made myself something, those around me would feel I’m worth it. (It pangs me to write that out... sounds so gross!)

Perhaps you shop a lot. Maybe you eat a lot.

The truth is, the very thing we think will fill us just leads us into more bondage, not freedom.

Not the abundant life we are all searching for.

Look at this woman at the well.

She was drawing water during the middle of the day, in the hottest sun.

No friends were around.

She was thirsty: not for water but to fill her deepest longing.

Friends, when we meet Jesus, we find freedom.

All our hurts and hang ups can be replaced with what He offers us.

That bondage (the thing we are plugging the heart-hole with) we can fill it instead with something that will quench the longing we feel.

That longing was created by Him to be filled with Him.

2 Corinthians 3:17
New International Version
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

I believe at that moment when the woman met Jesus, her whole life changed.

We can have our whole lives changed too! We can have freedom from our bondages!

Our thirst can be quenched!

#unmaskingthemess #beautyfromashes #areyouthirsty

The past two days he spent over 8 hours swimming..

The past two days he spent over 8 hours swimming....

And he got sunburned.😕

I was prepared and got out aloe vera and Lavender Essential Oil.

A few times, slathering it on him and the sting and itchiness is gone!

Moms, don’t you feel great to know you have tools on hand when any situation happens?!?!

For me, I love being empowered and know that the products I’m using are safe too!

Lavender is an oil that I always have on hand because it can be used in so many situations.

💜Bites
💜Burns
💜Itchy rashes
💜Nosebleeds

I’d like to know one oil you always have on you. (If you don’t use oils, you really should... they are safer than most over-the-counter salves and potions!)

P.S. keep your aloe vera in the frig🙌🙌🙌

#sunburnrelief #naturalsuncare
#oilsforthewin #wisconsinsummer

I am who I am because of the hard times I’ve bee

I am who I am because of the hard times I’ve been through.

Without all that pain, frustration, and tears, I wouldn’t be the believer I am now! ( and that’s hard to write out because I’d never want to go through it again but I know that was the only way to grow me!)

So how about you friend?

Can you see the growth that has happened to you through those gut-wrenching times?

Do you see that God was working in that mess?

It’s like a line is drawn in sand, either we believe what God says is true and believe that God has good things planned for us (Jeremiah 29:11) or we don’t!

The hard thing we go through probably doesn’t look at all good but God....

He can use that evil to grow us and change us.

We just need to trust and believe and hope in Him.

“Romans 4:18-19
New International Version
18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”[a] 19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead!

Abraham’s situation looked hopeless.

When this happens, we trust.

If your faith feels weak, you keep believing.

And in the great trials we face, we grow great faith!

Stand firm friends!

God enable us to stand firm and grow in faith when hard times come our way!

#unmaskingthemess #hardtimesquotes

I’ve lived in fear for way too long. I heard on

I’ve lived in fear for way too long.

I heard one time as a little girl that I’d be all alone some day.

I put that phrase in my pocket and I have carried it with me for a long time!

Someone spoke this over me and those words caused fear which we know leads no where good.

As the Bible says, “
21 Words kill, words give life;
they’re either poison or fruit—you choose!” Proverbs 18:21

I chose fear from those words spoken over me.

Here’s what I’ve learned: I could see this phrase manifesting all over my life if I chose to believe it.

When we agree with evil (and words of death) we will manifest it in our life.

Christ has broken this phrase in my life.

I am valued!
I am loved.
God has good things for me!

I affirm what Jeremiah 29:11 says, God has good things planned for me!

Did you know how powerful it is when we agree with God’s word?

Am I alone?

Have you believed lies spoken over you?

Are you claiming the Scripture and agreeing with God?

#claimscripture #agreeingwithgod

Ok, so I knew I needed a mind reboot about 3 years

Ok, so I knew I needed a mind reboot about 3 years ago...but what could I actually do about it?🧐

I fell into the lie that my brain was just the way it was. 🥺

I was just an anxious person!

WRONG! Did you sniff out 2 lies in the last sentence?🐶

Lie #1: My brain was static meaning it couldn't change!🚫

Lie #2: I was just an anxious person..first of all, that is a label that doesn't speak life!🚫

Here's the TRUTH!🥳

Truth #1:

Hebrews 11:1 TLB
11 What is faith? It is the confident assurance that something we want is going to happen. It is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us, even though we cannot see it up ahead.

Truth #2: The brain is neuroplastic which means, in a nutshell, it's changeable, transformable, renewable, etc.

So I have 2 questions for you?

1. Have you believed any of these lies?
2. Have you dealt with anxiety that effected your life?

P.S. You are worthy and God has great plans for you!🥰💜

#mindset #mindsetiseverything #motivation #entrepreneur #mindsetshift #mindsetmatters #success #successmindset #anxietyrelief #anxietyhelp #anxietysupport #anxietyfree #anxietyawareness #anxietyattack #anxietyrecovery #anxietywarrior

Games The sun Camping chairs Popsicles Some o

Games

The sun

Camping chairs

Popsicles

Some of my favorites of summer!

What are your summer favorites?

#summertimeready #wisconsinsummer

The last few days, we have been watching Schindler

The last few days, we have been watching Schindler's List as part of our homeschooling journey this year.

Here’s what God has been speaking to my heart.

Those He uses aren’t who we expect them to be.

These people God chooses to bless others and save others aren’t who we would pick.

In most instances, we’d have overlooked them.

They appear rough around the edges.
Perhaps their behavior is questionable.

They are probably not anything like us.

And yet, God chooses them.

God sees what human eyes can’t see.

So many times, we point out what is so wrong with these people God chooses.

God never wrongly chooses.

Here’s the thing, the people God chooses aren’t anything special in our eyes.

Actually, they are everything wrong in our eyes.

And most likely, we can talk up a storm about how wrong they are.

But God doesn’t follow our rule book. He doesn’t search out what we humans deem right or honorable.

God chooses those with a moldable heart. Those who are obedient (and they might not even know it’s God’s hands directing them!)
God chooses those who are brave and have compassion.

We might look at ourselves and think God could never use us for His purpose.

Maybe we have a past.
Perhaps we get things wrong more than right.

God doesn’t see any of that. He sees what we can become. He sees how He can use us.

God can use us.

Stop selling yourself short.

“Use me” should be the cry off of our tongues!

#christianblogger #christianmomlife

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